More social interactions, more polarization? The evidence is not there.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

1. More connections, higher polarization: The role of weak ties and status-driven dynamics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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2. Reply to Górski et al.: Polarization requires opinions, not just negative ties.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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3. Reply to Völker et al.: On the evidence of increased close friendships in societies.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

3 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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